Author: Yeek.io

We’re proud to welcome GRVT to the Rhino.fi network; world’s first licensed onchain exchange. With this integration, GRVT users can now onboard directly from 30+ chains, starting from BSC, Arbitrum, Solana and TRON, via our API, offering a seamless cross-chain access experience across both EVM and non-EVM networks.Infrastructure without the overheadOnboarding users into a new chain is one of the biggest friction points in Web3, especially when bridging from ecosystems like Solana or TRON. GRVT has now solved this with a fully embedded, guided onboarding experience powered by rhino.fi’s backend infrastructure.Rather than building custom liquidity paths or dealing with fragmented…

Bubblemaps V2 added support for the TON blockchain, expanding its reach across major blockchain ecosystems. Bubblemaps (BMT) has launched Version 2 of its blockchain analytics platform on the Open Network (TON) blockchain, allowing users to track token activity, uncover wallet connections, and verify distribution transparency across the network in real time. Before adding support for the TON blockchain, Bubblemaps supported Ethereum, BNB Chain, Fantom, Avalanche, Cronos, Arbitrum, Polygon, Base, Solana, and Sonic. As a reminder, Bubblemaps V2 comes with advanced analytics features, most notably Time Travel, which lets you scroll through a token’s entire distribution history, and Magic Nodes, which…

One DeFiChain Improvement Proposals (DFIPs) is up for vote in the latest governance voting round.DFIPs:Listing of New Wrapped Crypto TokensA Four-Step Framework to On-Chain ListingsWith the integration of DMC support, DeFiChain users would then be able to move assets seamlessly between DeFiChain and other blockchains. This decentralised process, managed by Crypto Factor, ensures that the wrapped tokens (DATs) will maintain value and usability across both chains, offering real-time access to assets.Initiation by Economy SIG: The specialized Economy Special Interest Group (SIG) identifies a promising asset—say, Partisia’s MPC or Polygon’s POL—and submits a DFIP for Masternode voting.On-Chain Creation: Upon approval, the Development SIG…

Ethereum’s weekly All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this “Checkpoint” series aims for high-level updates depending on what’s happening in core development. See the previous update here. This is a special edition of the series! Kicking off Berlin Blockchain Week, ethereum core devs and researchers got together for an interop hacking week to make progress both on long-term research directions and short-term implementation of the Fusaka upgrade and gas limit increases. Two of these days solicited feedback on longer-term research directions from L2 and zk teams. The most recent in-person interop was in Bangkok…

AVAX price finds itself at a critical technical juncture, with price action flashing bearish signals despite strong on-chain activity on Avalanche. After a steep downtrend that bottomed in mid-March, Avalanche (AVAX) price reversed from a double bottom pattern and began consolidating within an ascending channel, maintaining bullish momentum through the end of the month, as confirmed by a rising RSI. Since then, however, the price action has developed into what looks like a descending triangle pattern, with price now hovering near key horizontal support. Importantly, AVAX price has also broken below the ascending channel’s lower boundary, suggesting a potential shift in market structure from bullish…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. If you’d told me last year that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission commissioners would be defending self-custody of assets and talking about innovation sandboxes for DeFi, I would have raised an eyebrow. But here we are. At the SEC’s recent Crypto Task Force roundtable, something unexpected happened. Regulators showed a level of openness that would have sounded impossible even a year ago. They talked about the importance of self-custody, acknowledged that publishing smart contract code…

HYPE could see an 80% upside move if it follows through on a bullish setup targeting the 1.618 Fibonacci extension. According to data from crypto.news, Hyperliquid (HYPE) was trading at $37.96, 270% above its year-to-date lows, with a market capitalization of $12.6 billion. The token reached an all-time high of $45.57 earlier this week, buoyed by significant traction across the Hyperliquid Layer-1 ecosystem. While the broader crypto market has recently turned risk-off due to escalating geopolitical tensions and the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged, HYPE has seen a 16.7% pullback from its peak. However, the mid-term trend…

For the first time, institutional and decentralized finance users can now swap between BlackRock’s tokenized U.S. Treasury fund, BUIDL, and Ethena’s USDtb stablecoin around the clock. The new capability, announced by Securitize on June 18, marks a step forward in connecting traditional finance with DeFi. It sets a new standard for how tokenized assets are accessed and composed on-chain. Thanks to a new liquidity fund smart contract, qualified users onboarded through Securitize can now perform atomic swaps between BUIDL and USDtb around the clock. As a result, holders of BUIDL, or BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, now have unlimited access…

Pudgy Penguins has launched Pengu Clash, a skill-based 1v1 multiplayer game on Telegram that brings its popular NFT characters into fast-paced minigame battles. Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) has launched its first Web3 game, Pengu Clash, a Telegram-based 1v1 multiplayer battler that brings its signature cartoonish seabird NFTs into the competitive mini-game space. In Pengu Clash, players dress up their penguin characters and face off in a variety of quick-play challenges, including curling, darts, and football. Built on The Open Network (TON) blockchain by crypto gaming infrastructure firm Elympics, the game is designed to emphasize real gameplay rather than crypto gimmicks, in…

Over $440,000 in stolen crypto funds has been secured by New York officials in an ongoing fraud investigation that targeted locals. Authorities from the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, the New York State Attorney General’s Office, and the New York State Department of Financial Services jointly disrupted a multi-layered cryptocurrency scam operation that had primarily targeted Russian-speaking residents in Brooklyn and across the United States. As part of the enforcement action, $140,000 in digital assets was seized, while an additional $300,000 was frozen in crypto accounts linked to the scheme. The scammers operated a malicious advertisement network across social media platforms…